Author: Alix-Rose Cowie

After meeting the founders of experimental fashion label Cult11AD, William Ndatila and Miro Bijelich, at SA Fashion Week, photographer Jake Michael Singer noticed a creative compatibility between their designs and his style. The result of this is a spontaneous and striking lookbook for the brand’s made-to-order menswear.

MRP Home is making winter cosier and better looking once again this year with its returning Colab project which sees a limited edition collaboration with some of South Africa’s top designers and artists.

‘The Fishermen’ is the newest television commercial by Lowe Cape Town for Prudential Investment Managers. In it, a young boy from a fishing village in Madagascar is taught the benefits of unwavering consistency by his persistent, and patient, grandfather.

Besides specialising in street wear accessories like five panel caps, snapbacks, bucket hats and backpacks, it’s important to local brand RBA to be focussed on sending powerful messages to young Africans.

The epitome of classic meets contemporary (and now convenience!), Johannesburg-based millinery brand Simon and Mary has introduced their latest range of felt hats; a collection that is both 100% crushable and crush-worthy.

In late October 2013, South African hip hop artist Khuli Chana was shot at by police in Johannesburg in a case of mistaken identity. A year later he released ‘9 Shots’ as a free download. Today he released the official music video for the track directed by Arcade Content’s Kyle Lewis.

Day 3 of the Design Indaba conference was almost impossible to pick highlights from. We watched some incredible videos from Casey Neistat’s low-fi home videos to Yoni Bloch’s high tech interactive experiences, and listened to Dan Wieden’s personal chaos theory.